Making a False Alarm or Report

A person commits an offense under Section 42.06, Texas Penal Code, if the person knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that the person knows is false or baseless and that would ordinarily: (1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies; (2) place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or (3) prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance. The offense under Section 42.06, Texas Penal Code, of making such a false alarm or report involving a public or private institution of higher education is a state jail felony.